Bob Peterson Biography
Summary
"Bob Peterson" (born 1961) is an American animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor, who has worked for Pixar since 1994. His first job was working as a layout artist and animator on "Toy Story". Peterson was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for "Finding Nemo". Bob is a co-director and the writer of "Up". He also performed the voices of Roz in "Monsters, Inc.", Mr. Ray in "Finding Nemo" and Dug the dog in "Up".
Peterson was born in Wooster, Ohio. He received his undergraduate degree from Ohio Northern University, and a Master's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 1986. While attending Purdue, he wrote and illustrated the comic strip Loco Motives. Prior to coming to Pixar, Peterson worked at Wavefront Technologies and Rezn8 Productions.
In 2008, Peterson played the part of Terry Cane a puppeteer in Dan Scanlon's first feature film Tracy. He also played additional voices in Tokyo Mater in 2008 and the voice of Mr. Ray for the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage in 2007.
Filmography
"8 Seconds" (1994) (Production Engineer for Wavefront)
"Toy Story" (1995) (additional animation, additional layout artist)
"Geri's Game" (1997) (voice of Geri)
"A Bug's Life" (1998) (story artist)
"Toy Story 2" (1999) (story artist)
"Monsters, Inc." (2001) (story supervisor, additional story material, voice of Roz)
"Finding Nemo" (2003) (screenplay, voice of Mr. Ray, additional voices)
"The Incredibles" (2004) (additional voices)
"Up" (2009) (co-screenwriter, co-director, voice of Dug and Alpha)
"Up" (2009) (voice of Dug and Alpha) (video game)
"Dug's Special Mission" (2009) (voice of Dug and Alpha)
Credit
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